Sheet-metal casket.



No 801,264. PATBNTED OCT. 10, 1906.

B. A. POST.

SHEET METAL GASKET.

APPLIUATION FILED FEB. 8.1905.

2 SHEET$-SHEET 1.

PATBNTBD OCT. 10, 1905.

E. A. POST. SHEET METALCASKBT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8. 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFTQE.

SHEET-METAL CASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed February 8, 1905. Serial No. 244,807.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELISHA A. Posr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Allegan, in the county of Allegan and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Sheet-MetalOaskets,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying draw-- ings, in which V Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe blank from which the body of the casket is formed; Fig. 2, asectional view of that portion of the blank which forms the end wall ofthe casket, showingthe side flanges bent into position; Fig. 3, asectional view showing the top flange bent into position; Fig. 4:, adetail vertical sectional view through one side of the body of thecasket, showing its final form; Fig. 5, a plan view of the body of thecasket completed, showing a portion thereof in horizontal sectionalview; Fig. 6, a vertical transverse sectional view of a complete casket,showing the cover in position; Fig. 7, a detail view showing theautomatic cover-securing device; Fig. 8, a transverse sectional view ofa complete casket, showing a slightly-different form of cover; Fig. 9, ablank from which the cover is formed; Fig. 10, a View of a blank fromwhich the top panel is formed; Fig. 11, a detail vertical sectional viewof the body of the casket, showing the recesses in the bottom thereofwhich form handholds; and Fig. 12, a detail bottom plan view of one endof the casket-body.

The main object of the invention is to provide a light strong as well asair-tight and liquid-tight burial-casket, the body part and cover ofwhich are each formed of a single piece of sheet metal, as more fullyhereinafter set forth.

To the accomplishment of this object and such others as may hereinafterappear the invention consists of the parts and combination of partshereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claim, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which the same reference charactersdesignate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to Fig. 1, the blank for the body part of the casket consistsof the main piece or bottom section 1, the two side sections 2, and theend sections 3. Between the end sections and the side sections arecorner-sections 4. This blank is adapted to form a casket havinghexagonal ends. The side sections and the end sections are provided withside extensions 5,which are adapted to be bent inward to form theflanges 5, as shown in Figs. 2 andii. These flanges are bent at such anangle that when the corner-sections 4: are brought to the verticalposition they rest against said flanges, said flanges being on the innerside of the casket body. The corner -sections and the flanges areriveted together and the joints properly soldered or in any other mannerclosed to make them permanently air and liquid tight. The flanges 5 arepreferably bent into their final position before the end and sidesections are bent up into position, and any suitable means may beemployed for this purpose.

Each of the side, end, and corner sections are bent upward on the dottedlines 6 (shown in Fig. 1) to form the upstanding flanges, as shown at 6in Fig. 8. These flanges when the casket-body is completed form theinwardextending horizontal flanges 6 around the upper edge of thecasket-body. This flange stiffens the body and forms a rest for thecasket-top- At the inner edge of each of the side, end, and cornersections the blank is bent outward along the line 7 (shown in Fig. 1) toform the outward-extending molding 7*(shown in Figs. 4: and 6) tostrengthen the lower corners of the casket-body and to give it apleasing appearance.

The cover-section 8 of the casket is made from a single blank of thesame shape as the body-blank and is bent into shape in the same manner.The inward-extending flanges 9 are adapted to rest on the flanges 6 ofthe body part, as shown in Fig. 6. Instead of the molding at the cornersof the cover part projecting outward it is of course obvious that it maybe shaped to curve inward, as shown in Fig. 6, if desired. The cover isformed with an opening, as at 10 in Fig. 6, said opening being coveredby a plate 11.

The cover may be secured to the body part in any suitable manner. Iprefer, however, to secure it by means of automatic lockingdogs 12,which are pivoted on the cover and are adapted to extend down throughslots 13 in the flange 6 and to engage under lugs 14, formed on orsecured to the inner side of the body part. when it is desired tomakethe casket burglarproof. It will be understood, however, that anyreadily-detachable fastening means may be employed, if desired.

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These locking-clogs may be used IIO . a El lVooden strips 15 are securedto the under side of the flanges 6, said strips serving as supports forthe inside trimming of the easket. If desired, longitudinalupward-extending ribs 16 (shown in Fig. 6) may be formed in the bottomof the casket to strengthen it, and recesses 17 may be formed in thebottom thereof adjacent the corner-sections 4: to form handholds. ItWill of course be understood that handles may be secured to the sides ofth casket in any suitable manner.

In Fig. 8 a slightly-different form of cover is shown. This form ofcover is shaped up from the blank 1. (Shown in Fig. 9.) Wooden strips 15are employed to stiffen the edges of the cover and to provide a supportfor the inside trimming of the cover. The blank is formed With openings,and these openings are covered by panels 11, Which are shaped as shownin transverse section in Fig. 8.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A sheet-metal-casket body struck up from a single sheet of metal andconsisting of a bot tom section 1, the upright side section 2 and theupright end sections, these sections having their vertical edgesabutting throughout their length, each vertical joint being spanned orbroken by a vertical flange on one of the sections Which overlaps theadjacent section. on the inside of the casket and is fastened thereto,the upper edge of each of the sections being provided With an integralflange 6 bent inward, the ends of these flanges abutting, and Woodenstrips 15 secured around the interior of the casket in the angle formedby said inward-turned flanges, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto my signature, in the presence of twoWitnesses, this 27th day of January, 1905.

ELlSl-IA A. POST.

WVitnesses:

ARTHUR T. STARK, PERLE L. FoUoH.

